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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Morlai Kargbo, the court clerk attached at local court No. 1 located at Turntable area in Makeni Northern Sierra Leone said Challenge cases tops the total number of cases they deliver judgments on since 2021. He further revealed that such cases limit the court to levying fines because most of the cases that are sermons at our court range from depts. cases, alleged use of abusive languages, married palavers amongst others and both plaintiffs and defendants normally agree to striking compromises for out of courts settlements. “Since 2021, we’ve received over 100 summonses and dealt with the majority of such summons but to be frank, the majority of such cases are challenge contests between plaintiffs and defendants with a bulk of these cases being redrawn for home settlements. “We’ve stated provisions to act on, that will help to see persons being tried and if found guilty of the alleged crimes be fined according to law and such monies be paid to boost the treasur...

By: Alusine Rehme. Wilson During Monday's court hearing at the Local Court Number-1 located at turntable, in Makeni City, Northern Region, two petty trader namely Sama Sesay of Number-2 Timbo drive, Mabanta in Makeni and Isata Kamara of Number-87 old Mabanta Road in Makeni for their failure to pay the plaintiff’s long standing dept of One Million, One Hundred Thousand Leones which saw them being summoned to the court on 10h February, 2022. According to the particular of offences of the said matter, both petty traders who admitted to owing the plaintiff that stipulated amounts as stated above but refused to show signs of remorse and willingness to pay the money which they respectively owed the plaintiff. The particular of offences states that the two petty traders, Sama Sesay and Isata Kamara had collected vegetables from the plaintiff since November last year amounting to the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy Thousand Leones-(Le 270,000) and Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand Leones-(L...